# Residents of NYC boroughs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 9, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906 "2023-01-09T06:01:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mark\_Finn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/1 "2023-01-09T06:01:18Z")
Globally - they would be called “New Yorkers”. But what about each borough? 'Staten Islander" seems straight forward, but what about a resident of Queens? (The) Bronx? Manhattan? Brooklyn? ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/2 "2023-01-09T06:16:05Z")
For Manhattan and Brooklyn I’ve heard Manhattanite and Brooklynite a number of times. I lived and/or worked in the Bronx for 10 years and never heard Bronxite, but here’s a couple of articles written in the Bronx that use it: [Bronx Roots: Successful Bronxites Share Their Stories – The Literary Bronx](https://literarybronx.com/bronx-roots-successful-bronxites-share-their-stories/) [Father’s Love Helped Save Life of Bronxite Born Prematurely (montefiore.org)](https://www.montefiore.org/father-s-love-helped-save-life-of-bronxite-born-prematurely-2030) I’ve never heard any of the many Queens natives I know say Queensite; here’s an article that comments on it, and on labels for inhabitants of the other boroughs: [The Big Apple: Queensite (inhabitant of Queens) (barrypopik.com)](https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/queensite_inhabitant_of_queens#:~:text=Queensite%20%28inhabitant%20of%20Queens%29%20People%20from%20the%20borough,such%20as%20Forest%20Hills%2C%20Kew%20Gardens%20or%20Flushing.) " “Queensite” has been cited in print since at least 1944, has made books such as _Labels for Locals_ (1997), and has been used frequently in the [_Queens Tribune_](http://www.google.com/custom?hl=en&safe=active&client=pub-8609353947820093&cof=FORID%3A1%3BGL%3A1%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.queenstribune.com%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.queenstribune.com%2Fsitegraphics%2FTitle.gif%3BLH%3A50%3BLW%3A479%3BLBGC%3A336699%3BLC%3A%230000ff%3BVLC%3A%23663399%3BGFNT%3A%230000ff%3BGIMP%3A%230000ff%3BDIV%3A%23336699%3B&domains=www.queenstribune.com&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&q=queensite&btnG=Search&sitesearch=www.queenstribune.com), but many New Yorkers believe that “Queensite” is an awkward and improper label." ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/3 "2023-01-09T14:09:11Z")
Queens is always different - unlike the other boroughs, we tend to identify with the neighborhood ( even our addresses - when you mail something to a Queens address, it’s not " Queens, NY" , it’s “Forest Hills, NY” or " Flushing, NY" ) So you wouldn’t hear 'Queensite" but rather “Ridgewoodite” “Summysider” “Astorian” . ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/4 "2023-01-09T14:40:18Z")
Staten Islanders commonly refer to themselves as “Islanders”. Manhattanites dismiss residents of other boroughs as the “bridge and tunnel crowd”. Those residents describe a trip to Manhattan as “going into the city”. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/5 "2023-01-09T14:53:18Z")
I thought the bridge and tunnel crowd was the people from the suburbs (Long Island, Connecticut, Westchester, New Jersey, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/6 "2023-01-09T14:57:21Z")
Them, too - it’s really used for anyone who crosses a bridge or tunnel to get to Manhattan. Which is everyone who isn’t already in Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/7 "2023-01-09T18:40:45Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > Queens is always different - unlike the other boroughs, we tend to identify with the neighborhood ( even our addresses - when you mail something to a Queens address, it’s not " Queens, NY" , it’s “Forest Hills, NY” or " Flushing, NY" ) So you wouldn’t hear 'Queensite" but rather “Ridgewoodite” “Summysider” “Astorian” . I’m a native of Queens, from 1951, and I’ve never heard Queensite. I’m from Bayside myself (about as far from the bay as you can get) but aside from the address I never noticed any particular loyalty to your neighborhood. And not much for Queens in general. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/8 "2023-01-09T18:47:57Z")
True enough, but it’s also true that, unlike B, B, and SI, you use your neighborhood for addressing. You don’t say 123 Main St., Queens, NY, you say 123 Main St., Bayside, NY. Manhattan in NY, NY, and the other three boroughs use the borough name. ETA: For the FQ, Brooklynite and Manhattanite are the only ones that I’ve heard, from my memory. ETA ETA: This NY Times column from 1999 directly addresses this: > **[F.Y.I. (Published 1999)](https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/19/nyregion/fyi-530409.html?unlocked_article_code=MEsGcCZhsi3UXRwvqild3cGUqqdJoy4F1Ab8O3_5R5XhxMlPIkc0j23CEmLPWdPz4xnPISHixXuN5z2q_F_4HOQLabpnSsaoUGf6tWCINTJeqrPIo0EkESa1X3pgJSDFaa6SkafAXAywEYW-XJFUpBUgJ9UKhWo3RpcJBVSyvccZiD_sCvi9yqBK-9a50GQFXHKPCz6C_hNEbpln7-qkO5Jg3mBhHK1M4GECvlQkcZWTR8Y3_AJYFNQ_bA8QXD-kB-ysipcwMnZU2eIFB3a0W6uE2ryjF7mHPDcd9U5dXubfC4ToSNYX6ebisTxHasvdO_g_TfY&smid=share-url)** > > FYI column answers questions on what residents of Queens are called, whether Billy the Kid was from Manhattan and why AT&T building near City Hall lacks windows (M) (That’s a gift link) ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/9 "2023-01-09T19:07:01Z")
Not loyalty to the neighborhood , identify with the neighborhood. Which might not have been the best way to word it, but I was talking about the tendency for people to say they live in Howard Beach or Long Island City and so on , rather than just saying they live in Queens. ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/10 "2023-01-10T02:06:10Z")
Born and raised in Canarsie (and still live here), a neighborhood in Brooklyn. We always referred to ourselves as Canarsiens. I don’t know of any other Brooklyn neighborhood (except rarely Coney Islanders) where the residents themselves had their own name. I’ve heard of Brooklynite and Manhattanite, but never Queensite. Just asked my husband, who said growing up he and his friends called themselves Astorians (from Astoria, Queens), but I doubt anyone still does. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/11 "2023-01-10T18:03:39Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > Not loyalty to the neighborhood , identify with the neighborhood. Which might not have been the best way to word it, but I was talking about the tendency for people to say they live in Howard Beach or Long Island City and so on , rather than just saying they live in Queens. I was talking about loyalty in the sense of identification. Here in exile on the left coast, I self identify as a New Yorker, never as someone from Queens and certainly never as someone from Bayside. A mailing address, that’s about it. And we Baysiders who lived near the LIE had little contact with those who lived near the actual bay. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/12 "2023-01-10T18:07:31Z")
Astorian here. I’ve never heard people from the other boroughs referred to as ‘the bridge and tunnel crowd.’ ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/13 "2023-01-10T18:35:01Z")
I would’ve guessed people from Queens would be Queensmen and Queenswomen. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/residents-of-nyc-boroughs/977906/14 "2023-01-10T18:46:56Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I’ve never heard people from the other boroughs referred to as ‘the bridge and tunnel crowd.’ Rockaway native, and I’ve definitely heard us outer-borough folks referred to as the bridge and tunnel crowd. And, we refer to you all as DFDs (down for the dayers – you keep the lifeguards busy).